Education

  • Ph.D. Applied Linguistics/English, Ball State University, 08/2011
  • BA/BS English, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, 05/2002

Professional Experience

  • Contract Technical Writer/Editor , 8/2002 - 8/2013
  • Adjunct Faculty: IUPUI, Ball State University, Ivy Tech Community College, 8/2002 - 8/2011
  • Owner, Mortgage Broker/Loan Officer, 6/1997 - 12/2002
  • General Manager, King Shots, Inc. , 5/1986 - 5/1997

Awards & Honors

  • IUPUI 2017 Trustees Teaching Award, 3/2017

Selected Publications

  • Renguette, C., (2016). Technical communication, academic research, and patient education: A multidisciplinary collaboration. Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication 63(4), 365-374., 11/2016
  • Renguette, C., Hundley, S., Gunkel, M. (2015). Support for e-learning: Enterprise-, campus-, and department-level perspectives. Proceedings for the World Conference on E-Learning 2015, Kona, HI., 10/2015
  • Renguette, C., Hovde, M., & Worley, W. (2015). Using situational advantages strategically to address challenges faced in creating a Bachelor of Science in technical communication in an environment of austerity. In E. Nagelhout, D. Tillery, & J. Staggers, (Eds.), Pressures on Technical Communication Programs in a New Age of Austerity. Baywood Publishing. , 1/2015

Expertise

  • Technical communication
  • Technical and scientific editing
  • user experience/user-centered design
  • experiential learning
  • technical writing centers
  • problem-based learning
  • teacher-training
  • English for specific purposes
  • TESOL/ESL, e-learning
  • intercultural
  • technical communication
  • communication in business and industry

Interests

  • Assessment of educational technologies
  • Language acquisition and literacy
  • Patient education
  • health communication/health literacy
  • industry/academic collaborations
  • Cyberlearning
  • Social justice
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning